Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: The Williamson Museumhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/WILLM/browse/?fq=untl_decade:1940-19492014-06-23T00:53:45-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: The Williamson Museum[Photograph of Annie Sharpe in a Snowy Yard]2014-06-23T00:53:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426920/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426920/"><img alt="[Photograph of Annie Sharpe in a Snowy Yard]" title="[Photograph of Annie Sharpe in a Snowy Yard]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426920/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Annie Sharpe standing outside in a snow-covered yard. She is wearing dark clothing and is waving towards the camera. Her house, yard, and an evergreen tree to the right is covered with snow.</p>Did Sam Houston Live in Georgetown?2014-06-23T00:53:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426918/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426918/"><img alt="Did Sam Houston Live in Georgetown?" title="Did Sam Houston Live in Georgetown?" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426918/small/"/></a></p><p>Essay discussing evidence for and against Sam Houston's alleged residence in Georgetown, Texas.</p>[Biographical Sketch of Manuel Orgain]2014-06-23T00:53:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426872/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426872/"><img alt="[Biographical Sketch of Manuel Orgain]" title="[Biographical Sketch of Manuel Orgain]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426872/small/"/></a></p><p>Biographical summary of Manuel Orgain, a "Negro cowman" who drove freight wagons and herded cattle and livestock through several trails across Texas, and to other states. It recounts several specific events, including a story about the 1869 flood on the San Gabriel River, and other storms.</p>[Annie and John Sharpe Posing with Plants]2014-06-23T00:53:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426877/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426877/"><img alt="[Annie and John Sharpe Posing with Plants]" title="[Annie and John Sharpe Posing with Plants]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth426877/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of elderly Annie and John Sharpe standing together in a room decorated with plant life. Annie wears a dark dress and a brooch. John wears a pinstripe suit and holds a cigar. A window with a lace curtain appears at the back of the wall. A chest of drawers stands behind the pair.</p>[Car in front of movie theater]2014-04-09T14:59:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402862/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402862/"><img alt="[Car in front of movie theater]" title="[Car in front of movie theater]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402862/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Grand Movie Theater in Granger.</p>[Rolling cotton]2014-04-09T14:59:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402939/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402939/"><img alt="[Rolling cotton]" title="[Rolling cotton]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402939/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Donald and Larry Rydell rolling cotton (keeps soil around seed from drying out after planting) on the Rydell farm, northwest of Taylor.</p>[Men butchering hog strung up on a wagon]2014-04-09T14:59:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402933/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402933/"><img alt="[Men butchering hog strung up on a wagon]" title="[Men butchering hog strung up on a wagon]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402933/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Pat Osuna butchering a hog strung up on a wagon at the Dunlop Place.</p>[Men hog butchering on wooden wagon]2014-04-09T14:59:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402924/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402924/"><img alt="[Men hog butchering on wooden wagon]" title="[Men hog butchering on wooden wagon]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402924/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Pat Osuna (right) butchering a hog at the Dunlop Place. The Osunas were sharecroppers who worked the Dunlop property.</p>[Rydell family in horse-drawn trailer]2014-04-09T14:59:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402929/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402929/"><img alt="[Rydell family in horse-drawn trailer]" title="[Rydell family in horse-drawn trailer]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402929/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Donald and Larry Rydell in trailer ready to pull corn on the Rydell farm, northwest of Taylor.</p>[Kids in front of tractor]2014-04-09T14:59:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402859/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402859/"><img alt="[Kids in front of tractor]" title="[Kids in front of tractor]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth402859/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of kids in front of a tractor.</p>